Chapter 73 Indisputable

At the beginning of Southwest Associated University, there were constant conflicts between the three schools. He Bingdi recalled: "The most serious friction at the beginning was between Peking University and Tsinghua University. Tsinghua professors hold various important positions in the school, such as Feng Youlan, dean of the Faculty of Arts, Wu Youxun, dean of the Faculty of Science, Gu Yuxiu, dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Zhu Ziqing, dean of the Chinese Department, and Ye Gongchao, dean of the Foreign Languages ​​Department.As for school affairs, Jiang firmly advocated the adoption of the standing committee system, and actually elected Tsinghua President Mei Yiqi to preside over all school administrative work.He said to Mei Yiqi: "Mr. Yuehan (Mei Yiqi's word Yuehan) should be more responsible for the affairs of the General Assembly."

Zheng Tianting recalled: "When the United Nations University was first established, Zhang Boling, the president of Nankai University, said to Jiang Menglin, the president of Peking University: 'You take my watch with you.' "Mr. Yuehan should be more responsible for the affairs of the General Assembly." Of the three principals, Mr. Mei Yiqi was the younger, and he resolutely took on this important task. He was just and responsible. , serious and responsible, and respected. Jiang Menglin often said, "I don't care at the UNU, I just manage it." One day, Jiang Menglin went to Mengzi from Kunming, and the teachers and students from Peking gathered to welcome him.Many professors complained at the party about the unfairness of the UNU. For example, the dean of the Faculty of Arts was often re-elected by Tsinghua Feng Youlan instead of Peking University.Qian Mu made a speech and said: "In the future, the restoration will be successful, and the schools will still be independent. Don't fight against each other in today's crisis." After hearing this, Jiang Menglin immediately said: "Mr. Discuss other matters." All the professors were speechless.

Ma Yong commented on Jiang Menglin's "inaction" in this way: "Jiang Menglin's non-dispute in Southwest Associated University made Southwest Associated University. If he fought, it would become Northwest Associated University." Northwest Associated University was established in Xi'an in September 1937. It was composed of Peking University, Peking Normal University, Beiyang Institute of Technology and Peking Research Institute, but it fell apart in less than a year. Shen Zonghan recalled Jiang Menglin’s situation in the Rural Rehabilitation Association, “The colleagues of the Rural Rehabilitation Association can develop their strengths within the scope of personal supervision, and the husband will never interfere. This spirit represents two points: one is the doctrine of inaction, and the other is It’s about respecting the profession.”

Jiang Menglin called for birth control in Taiwan, although he told his friends in private that even if his head was beheaded, birth control would still be implemented.But he adopts the "waterfowl type" approach that is calm on the surface but turbulent underneath.Mrs. Yuan Zu, the advocate of the Japanese birth control movement that caused a sensation in Japan and Hong Kong, once told Chiang that she would come to Taiwan by the way to help him and promote it.Jiang was afraid of causing negative impact, so he tactfully refused.In the third year after Jiang Menglin's death, Taiwan comprehensively promoted family planning and advocated birth control with the slogan "two children are just right" to accelerate economic development.

Chen Xueping said: "Mr. Meng (Meng) Lin's character sometimes shows the tendency of 'being in harmony with the light', and sometimes shows the tendency of 'choosing the good and being stubborn'. These two tendencies seem to be opposite, at least on the surface. Observation is incompatible Yes. I think his career success is due to having two opposing characteristics at the same time."